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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 146 recorded years as a table

Vance, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	63
1881	69
1882	44
1883	86
1884	114
1885	111
1886	81
1887	99
1888	58
1889	109
1890	117
1891	188
1892	147
1893	169
1894	173
1895	221
1896	151
1897	106
1898	139
1899	141
1900	100
1901	122
1902	188
1903	210
1904	148
1905	197
1906	143
1907	129
1908	194
1909	244
1910	154
1911	164
1912	165
1913	211
1914	205
1915	156
1916	199
1917	212
1918	187
1919	161
1920	194
1921	149
1922	183
1923	151
1924	134
1925	167
1926	154
1927	149
1928	163
1929	132
1930	142
1931	144
1932	128
1933	147
1934	163
1935	137
1936	160
1937	128
1938	137
1939	135
1940	142
1941	143
1942	109
1943	116
1944	139
1945	155
1946	138
1947	154
1948	142
1949	151
1950	146
1951	161
1952	159
1953	171
1954	137
1955	156
1956	170
1957	214
1958	177
1959	193
1960	211
1961	218
1962	208
1963	225
1964	204
1965	206
1966	168
1967	165
1968	191
1969	310
1970	219
1971	192
1972	139
1973	160
1974	112
1975	106
1976	133
1977	88
1978	105
1979	94
1980	85
1981	85
1982	94
1983	110
1984	89
1985	88
1986	88
1987	114
1988	127
1989	131
1990	120
1991	120
1992	119
1993	111
1994	96
1995	85
1996	86
1997	93
1998	71
1999	86
2000	72
2001	87
2002	102
2003	123
2004	116
2005	131
2006	145
2007	153
2008	142
2009	148
2010	151
2011	158
2012	134
2013	130
2014	128
2015	166
2016	131
2017	143
2018	121
2019	137
2020	128
2021	138
2022	131
2023	139
2024	131
2025	117

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

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Indiana 2.5×
Ohio 1.6×
North Carolina 1.6×
Pennsylvania 1.3×
Florida 1.0×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 200
Rank in 2025: #1,075
How rare: 1 in 8,540 boys
Since 1880: 27,012

Most popular in 1969, at 310 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 29% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Indiana	2.5×	31
Ohio	1.6×	33
North Carolina	1.6×	31
Pennsylvania	1.3×	26
Florida	1.0×	36

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.